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If they block all but .cn they are effectively shutting down the internet. Of the top 25 sites in China, 22 use .com - and 21 of those are Chinese companies[1]. Those companies would much rather have their domain in US Jurisdiction than subject to the whims of the PRC.

[1]http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/CN



They could just redirect the .com records to .cn in every DNS server in the country.




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